SupporTive Care At Home Research for Patients With Advanced Cancer (STAHR-cancer)

To test the effects of home-based care on unplanned hospitalization within 6 months among advanced cancer patients with decreased performance status. Home-based care includes education for patients and their family caregivers, home visits by specialized home-based medical staff, and regular status check-ups.

Inclusion Criteria:Both the patient and their family caregiver must meet the criteria to be considered for this research.PatientA person who has an advanced-stage solid cancer diagnosis (ICD-10 code C00-C70); A person who is receiving or planning to receive cancer treatmentA person who meets one of the following conditionsHas been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 2Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 1 and is over 70 years of ageA person who wishes to stay at homeA person whose family caregiver resides at homeA person who wishes to participate in the researchFamily CaregiverA family* member of the patient* Family: refers to the patient's spouse (including a common-law partner), descendants and their spouses up to the second degree, siblings and their spouses, and relatives and their spouses up to the eighth degree.A person who meets one of the following conditions:Lives with the patient (patient's household member)Does not live with the patient, but visits the patient's home more than three times a weekA person who wants the patient to stay at homeA person who can communicate easily with medical staffA person who wishes to participate in the researchExclusion Criteria:If either the patient or the family caregiver meets any one of these criteria, they are excluded from the study.PatientA person who cannot speak, hear, or read KoreanA person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor healthA person residing outside the range that can be visited by the respective medical institution (the conditions for distance are to be specified by each medical institution)** This condition is not applicable for the control group.A person who has used hospital- or home-type hospice and palliative care servicesA person who is under the age of 19Family CaregiverA person who cannot speak, hear, or read KoreanA person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor healthA person under the age of 19